Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site of Canada

Chilkoot Trail Resource List

Teaching Resources:

Primary & Junior Levels:

• Metaphorical Gold: Mining the Gold Rush for Stories Curriculum material for Grades 6 - 8
• Klondike Fever Lesson plans for Grades 6 - 8
• Chilkoot Trail - Gateway to the Klondike from the Carcross Community School, Yukon.
• The Klondike Gold Rush, an educational web site built by students around the world.
• Conflict and Competition: The Klondike Gold Rush from Parks Canada's web site, Teacher's Corner, for Grade 7-9.
• project from the University of Victoria and its various partners
• Should I join the Rush? one of the Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History, a national educational project from the University of Victoria and its various partners
• Klondike – The Rush For Gold! Lessons plans for Grades 3 & 5 Social Studies program, from the Dawson City Museum, Yukon.

Secondary Level:

• Just for Teachers, Teaching with Historic Places Lesson Plans from the US National Park Service.
• Alaska's Gold from the Alaska State Library.
• The Klondike Gold Rush: Curriculum Materials for the History of the Pacific Northwest in the Washington Public Schools from the University of Washington, Department of History, with an extensive index listing of source material.
• Hard Drive to the Klondike: Promoting Seattle during the Gold Rush A Historic Resource Study for the Seattle Unit of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park.
• Chilkoot Trail, British Columbia Social Studies 30 for Grade 12 from Saskatchewan Education Web Site.

Post-Secondary Level:

• Klondike Gold Rush Go to "Search" and type "Klondike Gold Rush" in Engine Search. Lessons used in Social Studies and Geography from the College of Education in Illinois State.

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